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2017 Delphi Economic Forum Speakers • Giorgia Abeltino 2017 Delphi Economic Forum _Speakers Giorgia Abeltino Director Public Policy of the Google Cultural Institute, Director of Public Policy for Italy, Greece & Malta Helene Ahrweiler Rector, President of the Administration Council of the European Cultural Centre of Delphi Dr. Maria Chr. Alvanou Criminologist, ITSTIME Research Team Savvas Anastasiadis Member of the Parliament, New Democracy party Dr. Despina Anastasiou Regional Leader, Dow Central Europe; President, Dow Hellas Simos Anastasopoulos President, American Hellenic Chamber of Commerce; Chairman and CEO, PETSIAVAS S.A. Dr. Andreas A. Andreadis President, Greek Tourism Confederation - SETE Nikos Andritsos Journalist, Director, SKAI 100,3 Dimitris Androulakis Project Leader, BCG Athens Alexandros Angelopoulos CEO, Aldemar Resorts Eleni Angelopoulou Head of Division in the Crisis Management Division, European Central Ban William J. Antholis Director and CEO, Miller Center, University of Virginia Peggy Antonakou CEO Microsoft Hellas, Cyprus & Malta Eva Antonopoulou Anchorwoman, SKAI TV Pascal Apostolides General Manager, AbbVie Pharmaceuticals SA; President, SFEE Dr. Vassili Apostolopoulos CEO, Athens Medical Group & President of the Board of Directors, Hellenic Entrepreneurs Association Vangelis Apostolou Minister of Agricultural Development & Food Grigorios Apostolou Head of Frontex LO/EUTRF in Greece Nadia Arbatova Head, European Political Studies Department IMEMO, Russian Academy of Sciences Mark Arey Executive Director, The Hellenic Initiative, USA Despina Argyriou Owner, Argyriou Winery Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos Minister of Education (2012-2014), Hellenic Republic Angelos Athanasopoulos Diplomatic and European affairs correspondent, To Vima, Greece Dimitris Avramopoulos European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dora Bakoyannis Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Foreign Minister (2006-2009), Hellenic Republic Dr. Arup Banerji Regional Director for the European Union Countries, World Bank Group Kostas Bakoyannis Governor, Region of Central Greece Pierpaolo Barbieri Executive Director, Greenmantle; Head Strategist, Brevan Howard Argentina Noureddine Bardad-Daidj Ambassador of Algeria in Athens Dr. Anthony Bartzokas Board Director, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Iain Begg Professorial Research Fellow, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science Professor Marek Belka Prime Minister of Poland (2004-2005); Governor, Central Bank of Poland (2010-2016) Stavros Benos Minister of Culture (1996); Chairman of the Board of Diazoma Association James Henry Bergeron Chief Political Advisor, Allied Maritime Command, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Northwood, UK Panayotis Bernitsas Managing Partner, Bernitsas Law Firm Danae Bezantakou Managing Director, Navigator Shipping Consultants Ltd Christos Bgialas Member of SYRIZA (Coalition of the Radical Left); Member of the Greek parliament since 2015 Adriano Bosoni Senior Europe Analyst, Stratfor Costa Carras Vice-President of Europa Nostra; Founder & President (1972-1975; 2001- 2008) Elliniki Etairia - Society for the Environment and the Cultural Heritage Christos Charpantidis Chairman and Managing Director, Papastratos SA an affiliate of Philip Morris International Ambassador Michael B. Christides Secretary General of the Permanent International Secretariat, Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Nicos Christodoulakis Professor of Economic Analysis, Athens University of Economics and Business; Research Associate LSE, Hellenic Observatory Nicholas Christodoulou CEO, CHB Group (Christodoulou Bros S.A. & Vitom S.A.) Conno Christou Co-founder, Avocarrot Haris Daskalakis Executive Director, BCA Group Nikos Dendias Minister of Defense (2014-2015), Minister of Public Order (2012-2014), Hellenic Republic George B. Dertilis Directeur d’études at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris Professor Nikiforos Diamandouros Emeritus Professor of Political Science, University of Athens; European Ombudsman (2003-2013) Anna Diamantopoulou President of DIKTIO - Network for Reform in Greece and Europe Dr. Zefi Dimadama Regional and Environmental Economist Dr. Christos Dimas Member of the Hellenic Parliament, Deputy Shadow Secretary of Economy and Development, New Democracy party Dimitris Dimitriadis General Director, Thracean Gold Mining S.A. Thanos P. Dokos Director General, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) Petros G. Doukas Chairman, Capital Partners SA - Investment Banking Advisors; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (2007-2009); Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance (2004-2009), Hellenic Republic Georgios I. 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Feld Chair for Economic Policy and Constitutional Economics, Albert-Ludwigs- University of Freiburg; President, Walter Eucken Institute Niall Ferguson Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University Theodoros Fessas Chairman, Hellenic Federation of Enterprises - SEV Theocharis Filippopoulos President, Attica Publications Group Konstantinos Filis Director of Research, Institute of International Relations, Panteion University Dr. Franz Fischler President, European Forum Alpbach; Former Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries (1995-2004) Vicky Flessa Journalist; Philologist of Classics Professor Spyridon Flogaitis Professor of Administrative Law, Law School, University of Athens; Director of the European Public Law Organization (EPLO), President of the Board of Directors, EPLO Aikaterini Florou Legal Officer International Relations unit, Directorate-General for Energy, European Commission Pinelopi Gavra Journalist Fofi Gennimata President, PASOK party; Head of the Democratic Alignment Thodoris Georgakopoulos Editorial Director, diaNEOsis Adonis Georgiadis Vice President, New Democracy Party, Member of the Hellenic Parliament Marios Georgiadis MP for Athens A district, Union of Centrists; VP of European Democratic Party (EDP) Georgios Gerapetritis Associate Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Athens Marietta Giannakou Minister of National Education and Religious Affairs (2004-2007), Hellenic Republic Prof. Tassos Giannitsis Minister of Labour and Social Affairs (2000-2001), Hellenic Republic; Professor Emeritus, University of Athens Adrien Gizon Head, Project Management ADIE International Dr. Vasileios Gkrizis Director, Center for Security Studies – KEMEA Stavros Goutsos Deputy CEO, Public Power Corporation - DEI Sandro Gozi State Secretary in charge of European Affairs, Italy Stefanos Gritzalis Rector, Professor, Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering, University of the Aegean Dr. Daphne Halikiopoulou Associate Professor in Comparative Politics, University of Reading Gikas A. Hardouvelis Minister of Finance (2014-2015), Hellenic Republic; Professor of Finance and Economics, Department of Banking and Financial Management, University of Piraeus Mary Harney Minister for Health and Children (2004-2011), Ireland Iordanis Hasapopoulos Journalist Aristides Hatzis Associate Professor of Law & Economics, University of Athens Martin Hellwig Director, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods; Professor of Economics, University of Bonn, Germany Maria Houkli Journalist Dr. Werner Hoyer President, European Investment Bank Michalis Ignatiou Journalist Dr. Zoran Ilievski Advisor to the President of the Republic, Associate Professor at the Ss.Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Honorary member of the Serbian National Group, Trilateral Commission Anastasios Kallitsantsis Chairman of the Board of Directors, ELLAKTOR S.A. Stathis N. Kalyvas Arnold Wolfers Professor of Political Science and Director, Program on Order, Conflict and Violence, Yale University Nikos Karageorgiou President, Greek Association of Branded Product Manufacturers (ESVEP) Noni Karagianni General Manager, Athens 9.84 Radio Station Marietta Karamanli Deputy & Vice President of European Affairs Committee to the French National Assembly Vasilis Karapostolis Professor of Culture and Communications, University of Athens George Katrougalos Alternate Minister for European Affairs, Hellenic Republic Chryssos Kavounides Principal, BCG Athens Olga Kefalogianni Member of the Hellenic Parliament, New Democracy party; Minister of Tourism (2012-2015) Niki K. Kerameus Member of the Hellenic Parliament, New Democracy party; Head of the Education, Research and Religious Affairs Sector, New Democracy party Dimitris Keridis Professor of International Politics, Panteion University Paul Kidner General Manager, The People's Trust
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